ALL SIKH MLAs and Cabinet Ministers will appear before the Akal Takht, which summoned them on June 29 regarding the anti-sacrilege law, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said on Sunday. His statement came after a meeting with the party MLAs in Amritsar to decide the course of action in view of the directions of the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Kuldip Singh Gargajj, on June 15, had summoned all Sikh MLAs, regardless of party affiliation, and the Sikh Ministers before the Akal Takht on June 29 regarding the anti-sacrilege law. Non-Sikh Cabinet Ministers have been asked to submit their views in writing on the matter before 29 June.

 

The Akal Takht and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) had raised objections to the antisacrilege law -- Jaagat Jot Sri Guru Granth Sahib Satkar (Amendment) Act, 2026 -- saying it was enacted without consulting the Sikh Panth. “Our MLAs and Cabinet Ministers will present the Government side. PunjabAssembly Speaker (Kultar Singh Sandhwan) will also go. Whatever suggestions come from the Akal Takht or SGPC, we will discuss the same,” said Mann, who was accompanied by AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal.